fleeper Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I Have snow leopard on an acer aspire 4730Z laptop. I used Rebel efi. The laptop has the Mobile Intel® GL40 Express chipset. I have no sound and I cannot use the touchpad (using a usb mouse at the moment). Where can I get the drivers adn how do I go about installing them? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharredPC Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Try using VoodooPS2 to enable the touchpad, and VoodooHDA for the audio. Both can be grabbed from voodooprojects.org. Good luck on your hackintosh... shame about the incompatible 4500M videocard though! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1323291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleeper Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Try using VoodooPS2 to enable the touchpad, and VoodooHDA for the audio. Both can be grabbed from voodooprojects.org. Good luck on your hackintosh... shame about the incompatible 4500M videocard though! Charred, thank you so much! That did get my sound working and now the laptop is much more usable because of this. The other driver did not get the touchpad working. I guess I will need to keep searching for that; it would be nice so that my daughter can use the laptop for road trips to play movies. I guess we could use the mouse, but the touchpad would be more convenient. Thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1323704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharredPC Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Glad your sound is working! So, does the keyboard work, but not the trackpad? I don't suppose that the Aspire 4730Z has a trackpad on/off switch? Sometimes it's just that easy. I've seen reports where others have it working, so I know it can be done somehow; don't give up Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1323733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleeper Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Yup my keyboard is working but my trackpad is still not operational. And I have never seen an on/off button for the trackpad. It does work if I have windows installed though. I really think it is just a matter of finding the correct kext file. And thanks again! If you come across anything please post it! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1323850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleeper Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Charred, is there any workaround for the 4500M video card? I did not realize that it would affect so much. If there is no workaround I might be better off doing this on a different machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1324090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharredPC Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Charred, is there any workaround for the 4500M video card? I did not realize that it would affect so much. If there is no workaround I might be better off doing this on a different machine. There's no workaround per se. You might be able to get proper resolution with it, but you'll never have Quartz Extreme. If you have another machine about, it is probably worth trying. Not having any video acceleration is somewhat limiting, especially if you're trying for a "fully functional" hackintosh to use everyday. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1324785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleeper Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 What is the best or most reasonable netbook to make into a hackintosh? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1325267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharredPC Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 What is the best or most reasonable netbook to make into a hackintosh? A slightly dated but still good reference chart is available here. Another good idea is to check out the Tutorials and Buying Recommendation areas, see what problems or solutions people have found for various netbooks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1325424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleeper Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 A slightly dated but still good reference chart is available here. Another good idea is to check out the Tutorials and Buying Recommendation areas, see what problems or solutions people have found for various netbooks. Thanks much. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1329256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
staff-robot Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 On the Acer Aspire 4730z the trackpad on/off is toggled by [Fn]+[F7]. This may be turned on or off by default during install for no reason I can figure no matter what OS. The [Fn] key is located near the bottom left between [Ctrl] and the Windows/Start key. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196349-sound-on-acer-4730z/#findComment-1340177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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